On a day filled with joy and thanksgiving, we celebrated the ordination of Revd Clare Nutbrown-Hughes as a Minister of Word and Sacraments, and her induction to the Valleys Pastorate. This pastorate brings together four churches: Hope & Market Square in Merthyr Tydfil, Van Road in Caerphilly, St David’s Uniting in Treforest, and Bethany […]
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Holding an exhibition in August is becoming a tradition at St Johns, the Methodist and United Reformed Church just outside the historic town walls of the beautiful seaside town of Tenby, Pembrokeshire. It held its summer fayre in August this year and alongside the usually cake stalls, tombola and silly games, they also opened a […]
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Megan Price, Synod Clerk I have just returned from my fifth Greenbelt festival, my fourth volunteering for the URC-run café which this year shared a venue called Table with the Trussell Trust. Throughout the weekend folk from across the URC and beyond come together to serve 1800 slices of cake (yes, really!) and wonderful hot […]
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Members of Maesyronnen Chapel URC and Llanfair Uniting Church, Penrhys, were privileged to witness the former moderator of the URC Wales Synod Rev’d Dr John Morgans be admitted to the Gorsedd in a ceremony at the National Eisteddfod in Wrexham on Friday 8th August. John was welcomed by the current archdruid of the National Eisteddfod […]
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During refugee week this year St David’s Uniting Church in Treforest hosted a ‘Bring & Share’ lunch in collaboration with Rhondda-Cynon-Taff council, Migrant Help, Valleys Ethnic Minority Support and DPIA (Displaced People in Action). It was wonderful to see so many faces, new and known, from all over the world coming together over a shared […]
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Rev’d Branwen Rees, East Wales Regional Minister It’s been a busy couple of months around East Wales… In July, Bailey Street Uniting Church, Brynmawr, held an afternoon tea and raised £450. Together with a donation from a memorial service held at the church they were able to send £600 to the charity, Embrace the Middle […]
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Synod Safeguarding Officer Salary: £28,652 per annum(full-time equivalent: £47,754) This 21-hour per week position is for someone excited by the prospect of building upon the current strategy and strategic oversight of all safeguarding matters as well as being an advocate for safeguarding across the Synod structure and in its seventy-five churches. The successful applicant will […]
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Kathryn Price On a beautiful early summer evening, a group of folk from the churches in the North Wales region went on a prayer walk around Basingwerk Abbey. The abbey is at the bottom of the Greenfield Valley running down to the Dee from Holywell and building began in the 12th century. It was, of […]
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Maggie Kirkbride – Administration Officer, United Reformed Church National Synod of Wales This month I have been so lucky to have travelled to the West and North of Wales, and to the East and South of England. I have, of course, been struck by the beauty of the landscapes – so different but yet […]
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Beulah URC is delighted to have been awarded A Rocha’s Eco Church Gold Award, and we are pleased to be playing our part in growing Eco Church across the URC National Synod of Wales. Beulah’s Eco Church journey began many years ago and we are grateful for the leadership of all the ministers who have […]
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The folk at Van Rd joined again with a number of Churches in Caerphilly to support the Caerphilly Flower Festival, an annual event organised by Caerphilly Town Council. It was an opportunity to meet visitors from near and far. We had visitors from Abergavenny and Aberaeron, with the furthest coming from the town of Saint-Philbert-de-Grande-Lieu […]
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Statement relating to Caldey Island In December 2024, The Caldey Abbey Review was published. This was an independent review commissioned by Caldey Island Abbot, Father Jan Rossey, to investigate incidents of child sexual abuse that took place on Caldey Island between 1960 and 2010. A copy of the Review can be read […]
Read MoreChristian Aid month was busy at Llanfair with Sunday worship, worship on Mondays with the classes of children from Penrhys Primary School, prize Bingo, a sponsored step challenge and making delicious smoothies with our teenage girls to sell in the Café. A group of 12 children were involved in an Intensive three-day workshop as part […]
Read MoreBarry Uniting Church has been awarded the prestigious Gold Eco Church Award by A Rocha UK, becoming the first URC in Wales and only the fourth church in Wales to receive this accolade. It’s a testament to their commitment to both environmental stewardship and inclusive community mission. A local ecumenical partnership formed in 2012 between […]
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We are thrilled to announce that Barry Uniting Church has been awarded a Gold Eco Church Award by A Rocha UK — making them only the fourth Gold Eco Church in Wales, and the first United Reformed Church in Wales to achieve this incredible milestone. Barry Uniting Church, a local ecumenical partnership between Windsor Road United Reformed Church and Porthkerry […]
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